POLB91H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Moral Economy, Latifundium, Bild
16 Apr 2013
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Polb91 11 - agrarian reform and the politics of the countryside. Cida folded into department of foreign affairs and international trade. New focus on emerging economies and dropping from list of priorities (poor countries that need help) Importance of rural development: the most acute forms of poverty, inequality and political oppression are found in the countryside. 75% of bottom billion (poor left behind) are rural: rural poverty and inequality feed political instability and violence. Seeing new rural activism in global south in era of free market and democracy. Revolutionary forces come from peasantry - - most likely to join the struggle: agriculture is a sector in which employment opportunities and productivity gains could be generated at low cost. Would stem the tie of urban migration. Handelman points out that small holder agriculture are actually more productive than large estate commercial farms. More for employment, more basic staple goods and could increase food security: landlords and peasants.
